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Touch-a-Truck

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The Westside YMCA hosted a fund raiser last Saturday. They closed down 64th street and had a bunch of different trucks parked along the way - a fire truck, police car, school bus, ambulance, a Fresh Direct delivery truck (Fresh Direct is grocery delivery), ConEd Truck (ConEd is the local power company), backhoe, street sweeper, and several others. Kids (and kid-like parents) could climb into the trucks, play with the controls, and, of course, honk the horn. Given that two of Jack's favorite books include pictures of trucks, that he points out every truck like vehicle on the street, and that his current favorite toys are trucks (well, actually they are a police car, a taxi, and a tour bus - for now, all classified as "trucks"), we thought this event would be a hit.

Overall it was. Jack seemed to enjoy steering the big trucks and playing with the controls. He was a bit overwhelmed by the number of people and the noise - there was a lot of noise - especially coming from the Con Ed truck. The horn was loud...really really loud.

In the middle of all the trucks, there was an area for musicians to perform. While he didn't bust into his regular bouncing and shaking, Jack did enjoy the music. Just for the record - "music" is a new word in Jack's vocabulary.

A few pictures from the morning's events:
An NYPD Police Car

An NYPD Police Car

NYC Street Sweeper

NYC Street Sweeper

Starting to groove to the band

Enjoying music with Daddy

Posing in front of the backhoe


Later that afternoon, we headed to Central Park. Some nice people let us play with their hula hoops - it was fun.


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